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Jeremiah 6:9-19

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9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: 1“They shall glean thoroughly as a vine the remnant of Israel; like a grape gatherer pass your hand again over its branches. ”
10 2To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? 3Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, 4they cannot listen; behold, 5the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.
11 Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord; 6I am weary of holding it in. 7“Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the gatherings of young men, also; 8both husband and wife 9shall be taken, the elderly and the very aged.
12 10Their houses shall be turned over to others, their fields and wives together, for I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land, ”declares the Lord.
13 11“For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone 12is greedy for unjust gain; and from 13prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
14 They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 14‘Peace, peace, ’ 15when there is no peace.
15 16Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; 17at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown, ”says the Lord.
16 Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for 18the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, 19and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it. ’
17 20I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Pay attention to 21the sound of the trumpet! ’But they said, 22‘We will not pay attention. ’
18 Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
19 Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, 23the fruit of their devices, because they have not paid attention to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
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Jeremiah 6:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 6

This chapter is of the same argument with the former; and contains two things in it, the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, and the causes of it, which are intermixedly handled in it; a lively description is made of the notice of the approach of the enemy by blowing of trumpets and firing of beacons, Jer 6:1, and of the siege of the city, by pitching tents around it, casting up a mount against it, and scaling its walls at noon and by night, Jer 6:2-6, and this destruction is illustrated by the simile of gleaning of grapes, Jer 6:9, and amplified by the universality of it, with respect to persons and things; it reaching to persons of every age, and in every state, as old men, young men, and children, husbands and wives, and to all sorts of possessions, houses and fields, Jer 6:11,12,21, a description is given of the instruments of it, the Chaldeans, Jer 6:22,23 and it is aggravated by the anxiety, distress, and sorrow, the Jews would be in on account of it, Jer 6:24-26, the causes of it are in general the great aboundings of sin and wickedness in the midst of them, illustrated by a fountain casting out its waters, Jer 6:6,7, in particular, their neglect and contempt of the word of the Lord, Jer 6:10, the sin of covetousness, which prevailed among all sorts of people, high and low, in civil or religious life, Jer 6:13, the unfaithfulness of the prophets to the people, declaring peace, when there was none, Jer 6:14, their impenitence and hardness, Jer 6:15, their disregard to all instructions and warnings, Jer 6:16,17, their rejection of the law, and the precepts of it, Jer 6:18,19, their hypocritical sacrifices, Jer 6:20, and the chapter is concluded with an address to the prophet, setting forth his character and office, and the end of it, Jer 6:27 and his testimony concerning the people, showing their obstinacy and stubbornness, illustrated by a simile of refining metal in a furnace without success, Jer 6:28-30.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 23

  • 1. 6:9 [Deut. 24:21]
  • 2. 6:10 Isa. 28:9; 53:1
  • 3. 6:10 [Ex. 6:12; Acts 7:51]
  • 4. 6:10 ch. 7:26
  • 5. 6:10 ch. 20:8
  • 6. 6:11 ch. 20:9
  • 7. 6:11 ch. 9:21
  • 8. 6:11 [Lam. 2:21]
  • 9. 6:11 ch. 8:9
  • 10. 6:12 For ver. 12-15, see ch. 8:10-12
  • 11. 6:13 [ch. 31:34; 44:12; Jonah 3:5]
  • 12. 6:13 Isa. 56:11
  • 13. 6:13 ch. 14:18; 23:11; Mic. 3:11; See ch. 5:31
  • 14. 6:14 ch. 4:10; 14:13; 23:17; Ezek. 13:10; Mic. 3:5; [John 14:27]
  • 15. 6:14 Isa. 48:22; 57:21; Ezek. 7:25
  • 16. 6:15 [ch. 3:3; 8:12]
  • 17. 6:15 [ver. 6]
  • 18. 6:16 ch. 18:15; [Isa. 8:20; Mal. 4:4; Luke 16:29]
  • 19. 6:16 Matt. 11:29; [Ps. 116:7]
  • 20. 6:17 Isa. 56:10; [Isa. 21:11]
  • 21. 6:17 Isa. 58:1; [ch. 4:19]
  • 22. 6:17 ch. 44:16
  • 23. 6:19 Prov. 1:31
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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